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# Licensing Map

BlitzForge does not currently publish a single repo-root project license file.
Instead, the checked-in licensing terms live with the components they cover.

This document is a pointer map to those authoritative notices. It is not a
replacement for the original license texts.

## Core compiler/runtime source

- [`src/blitzrc/LICENSE.TXT`](src/blitzrc/LICENSE.TXT)
- Covers the inherited Blitz3D source release under `src/blitzrc/`.
- States that Blitz3D is released under the `zlib/libpng` license.

## Bundled third-party libraries

- [`src/libogg/COPYING`](src/libogg/COPYING)
- Redistribution terms for the bundled libogg sources from Xiph.org.

- [`src/libvorbis/COPYING`](src/libvorbis/COPYING)
- Redistribution terms for the bundled libvorbis sources from Xiph.org.

- [`src/freeimage241/license-fi.txt`](src/freeimage241/license-fi.txt)
- FreeImage Public License text shipped with the bundled FreeImage sources.

- [`src/freeimage241/license-gpl.txt`](src/freeimage241/license-gpl.txt)
- GPL alternative text shipped alongside the bundled FreeImage sources.

- [`src/freeimage241/Source/LibMNG/LICENSE`](src/freeimage241/Source/LibMNG/LICENSE)
- License notice for the bundled LibMNG sources that ship inside FreeImage.

- [`src/freeimage241/Source/LibPNG/LICENSE`](src/freeimage241/Source/LibPNG/LICENSE)
- License notice for the bundled LibPNG sources that ship inside FreeImage.

## Release artifact review

The release packaging scripts copy compiled binaries plus bundled assets from
directories such as `bin/`, `cfg/`, `games/`, `help/`, `media/`, `samples/`,
`tutorials/`, and `userlibs/`. If you plan to redistribute a release archive,
review the license notice(s) for every bundled component you ship, not just the
compiler core.
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### Blitz3D, modernized.

**An open-source, cross-platform compiler and runtime for the Blitz programming language** — keeping a generation of games and tools alive while moving them onto modern hardware.
**A community-developed, cross-platform compiler and runtime for the Blitz programming language** — keeping a generation of games and tools alive while moving them onto modern hardware.

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Blitz3D and BlitzBasic shaped a generation of indie game development. The original toolchain was tied to 32-bit Windows, closed-source, and frozen. BlitzForge is the alternative:

- **Open source.** MIT-style community development, public CI, no surprise binaries.
- **Public source + public CI.** The compiler core and bundled third-party libraries carry checked-in license notices; see [LICENSES.md](LICENSES.md) for the source-of-truth paths.
- **Cross-platform foundations.** Native Windows x86_64 is the stable target today. A macOS Apple Silicon (arm64) port is in **alpha** — same source tree, ARM64 codegen, Cocoa runtime backend — but not yet ready to ship games on. See [macOS (Apple Silicon) — alpha](#macos-apple-silicon--alpha) below.
- **Modern build system.** CMake + Ninja, optional static analysis, GitHub Actions CI on every push.
- **Drop-in compatible.** Existing `.bb` source compiles. Existing `.decls` userlibs work. We do not break your games.
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## License

BlitzForge is community-developed and openly available. Subsystems vendored from third parties retain their original licenses (see in-tree headers and `LICENSE` files where present). For questions about reuse, redistribution, or commercial use, please open a [Discussion](https://github.com/RydeTec/blitz-forge/discussions) or contact the maintainers.
BlitzForge's licensing is currently documented through component-specific notices in the tree rather than a single repo-root `LICENSE` file.

- The inherited compiler/runtime core under [`src/blitzrc/`](src/blitzrc) carries the original Blitz3D source release notice in [`src/blitzrc/LICENSE.TXT`](src/blitzrc/LICENSE.TXT), which states the `zlib/libpng` license.
- Vendored third-party components retain their own bundled license texts, including [`src/libogg/COPYING`](src/libogg/COPYING), [`src/libvorbis/COPYING`](src/libvorbis/COPYING), [`src/freeimage241/license-fi.txt`](src/freeimage241/license-fi.txt), [`src/freeimage241/license-gpl.txt`](src/freeimage241/license-gpl.txt), and the nested notices under [`src/freeimage241/Source/`](src/freeimage241/Source/).
- For a pointer map of the license files that matter to source checkouts and release artifacts, see [`LICENSES.md`](LICENSES.md).

If you are evaluating reuse or redistribution, review the component notice(s) that cover the parts you intend to ship.

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